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Published in: 50.50‘Absurd’ rules obstruct abortion access in Italy during COVID-19
Abortion has been legal in Italy for 40 years but guidelines say medical terminations must occur in hospitals – now...
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Published in: oDR: Opinion“Your traditions, our blood!”: The struggle against patriarchal violence in Kyrgyzstan
In Kyrgyzstan, it appears that the police and nationalist groups are increasingly conspiring to push organised...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationEcuador and Costa Rica promise to probe US-backed ‘crisis pregnancy centres’
Health authorities say they'll open formal investigations following openDemocracy's reporting – though it’s unclear...
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Published in: 50.50Job: US Investigations Editor
Seeking: A highly experienced US-based investigative journalist, to lead our project tracking the backlash against...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEvery cent lost to tax havens could be used to strengthen our health and social systems
It’s women in the informal sector who are suffering the harshest effects of our broken tax system.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe coronavirus crisis shows it's time to abolish the family
What does the pandemic tell us about the nuclear family and private household?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Women refugee photographers who changed how post-war Britain saw itself
These images served to signal that there was also a cultural dimension to the hopes for post-war renewal.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationWith help from American activists, Ukrainian women are being misled about abortion
Abortion has been legal in Ukraine for decades – but groups empowered by Trump’s White House are misleading...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationЯк американські активісти допомагають обманювати українських жінок щодо абортів
Вже кількадесят років аборти дозволені законом в Україні — проте пов’язані з адміністрацією Дональда Трампа...
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right#TradWives: sexism as gateway to white supremacy
The TradWives debate is a new and effective recruiting tool for the growing intersection between toxic masculinity...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionToday's Brazil is worse than Marielle Franco's. But its future belongs to the Marielles
Today's Brazil is not the same as the one the murdered young councilwoman knew and fought for. But the seed planted...
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Published in: oDRIn Kazakhstan, women march for their rights - and against violence
Unhindered by government restrictions, activists in Kazakhstan held the largest women’s day rally in years on 8 March.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow Bolsonaro's behavior runs counter to fighting gender violence
In 2019, 1,310 women were killed in Brazil, a 7.2% increase from the previous year. The escalation must be analyzed...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWhy I’ll be striking for International Women’s Day
With women’s human rights under threat, strikers across the globe will be revealing the costs of a ‘world without women’.
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Published in: 50.50Mujeres mexicanas harán paro laboral para exigir fin a feminicidios
Millones pudieran unirse a la primera huelga laboral para mujeres del país, para exigir acciones gubernamentales...
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Published in: 50.50Mexican women plan historic strike against femicides
Millions of people are being called to join the country’s first all-women labour strike, to demand government action...
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Published in: oDRUkraine’s legislation on domestic violence gets a reboot - but is it enough?
Ukraine’s parliament may be afraid of words such as “gender”, but a recent law goes some way to fighting domestic violence.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionPete Buttigieg and the gentrification of the gay politician
The mainstream media hailed Pete Buttigieg as a transformative figure for the queer community, yet his policies...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWhy wealth inequality is a feminist issue
If the UK government is serious about “levelling up”, it must take steps to tackle the lopsided ownership of wealth.
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Published in: oDRIn Uzbekistan, homosexuality is illegal. Here's what LGBT life is like there
In a country where sex between men is a crime, these personal accounts reveal the everyday realities of pressure,...